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General overall view of coronavirus (COVID-19) testing outside Parkview Community Hospital on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Riverside, Calif. Photo by Dylan Stewart/Image of Sport via AP

Is the worst yet to come in CA?

by Emily Hoeven May 12, 2020May 11, 2020

Newsom seeks to balance competing desires as SF lawyer targets him with lawsuits. Banks flagged mask deal that went up in flames.

CalMatters is tracking lawsuits against California's shelter-in-place order and other pandemic responses. Photography by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters; elements via iStock

Churches, gunshops, irked parents and irate brides: All the shutdown lawsuits against Newsom, explained

by Ben Christopher May 11, 2020July 22, 2020

The Rev. Matthew Wheeler is seen on an iPhone screen live-streaming the celebration of the the Mass of the Lord's Supper at St. Anthony Parish in San Gabriel, Calif., Thursday, April 9, 2020. With no public Mass due to the coronavirus pandemic, the church live-streams its services. Photo by AP Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo

Open for Easter? Legal spat brews over lockdown restrictions on Sunday service

by Ben Christopher April 10, 2020April 14, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom writes down a note during a March 28 tour of the Bloom Energy in Sunnyvale, which refurbished ventilators to meet the COVID-19 pandemic. This week Newsom announced the state would loan 500 ventilators to the national stockpile for use by New York and other states, and that it would share excess masks from its massive purchase of them. Photo by Beth LaBerge/Pool Photo via AP

Newsom the Beneficent? California governor steps into pandemic supply vacuum

by Ben Christopher April 8, 2020April 9, 2020

Conservatives clap back against California in court — twice

by Ben Christopher October 1, 2019October 2, 2019

Billionaire activist Tom Steyer, who unleashed a national ad blitz calling for the impeachment of President Trump, was a featured speaker at the California Democratic Party's convention. Photo by Chris Stone, courtesy of TimesOfSanDiego.com

Tom Steyer wants to fix American politics by making it Californian

by Ben Christopher July 11, 2019July 11, 2019

Tough talk and naked mannequins

by Dan Morain March 22, 2019

Ousted leader’s advice to fellow Republicans: Stop ‘repelling’ Californians

by Laurel Rosenhall August 30, 2017June 23, 2020